Capital Elites; High Society In Washington, D. C., After The Civil War
by Jacob, Kathryn Allamong
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. First Printing. HB. Quarter gray cloth and black paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 318 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Light soiling top edge of text block. In an illustrated dust jacket that shows minor shelf wear. Book condition VG in VG DJ.
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- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OB8342
- Title
- Capital Elites; High Society In Washington, D. C., After The Civil War
- Author
- Jacob, Kathryn Allamong
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1995
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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